Improvement in hat-tip linings



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. M. PYE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAT-TIP LININGS;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,727, dated August 12, 1873 application filed May 6, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. M. PYE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Hat-Tip Linings, of which the following is a specification:

Hat-tip linings are usually made of silk or satin, with the tip-piece of a single piece of material, to the edges of which the cylindrical portion of the lining is sewed.

Tips have been made of two or more pieces of material of different colors; but inconsequence of the character of material the line of sewing employed to unite those edges is very liable to draw out and leave the frayed edges exposed; besides this, considerable material is wasted in the double fold necessarily employed at the seam, and the fabric of the hat-tip lining does not lie flat, but is objectionable in appearance.

My invention is made for economizing material, preventing the edges fraying out, insuring a flat tip-lining, and improving the appearance, by the use of silk or other fabric of different colors, without requiring more material than with tips made of a single piece.

I make use of a strip of paper or similar material of an ornamental character, coated with gutta-percha, as the means for uniting the edges of the fabric forming the hat-tip lining. This material is strong, pliable, and rapid of application, as it only requires to be pressed to place with a hot iron.

In carrying out my improvement I employ sheets of ornamental paper, such as that covered with imitation gold or silver leaf and embossed. Upon the back of this very thin sheets of gutta-percha are attached by heat and pressure. This may be efiected at the same time that the paper is embossed.

A thin coating of isinglass may be added to the surface of the gutta-percha. The sheets of material are cut up into strips of about a quarter of an inch wide, and are ready for use.

The fabrics employed for the hat-tip linings are prepared by cutting the satin or other material up into strips, and a saving can be effected in the strips that form the outer sections of the oval or round tip-lining by cutting the piece with diagonal incisions in opposite directions.

The linings in other instances are prepared by removing a diamond or lozenge shaped section from the middle or side of the lining and placing the piece that is removed from one lining into the opening of another lining of a different color. In this manner great variety is obtained without loss of material, and in some cases a saving of material is effected over and above the material used for linings made of one piece of goods.

To unite the sections they are laid in position edge to edge, and a strip of the paper prepared as aforesaid laid upon the contiguous surfaces and united by a heated iron. This operation is done very rapidly. The edges of the fabric are united securely, theycannot fray out, and the uniting-strip is pliable and strong, and is not liable to be injured or detached in the subsequent operations of sewing on the cylindrical portion of such linmg.

The strips may be positioned by a warm roller passed over them, and afterward pressed with a heated iron on either side of the tip.

In the drawing, Figure 1 shows the hatlining complete. Fig. 2 is a section of the same.

In these figures the tip-lining is shown as composed of strips a b c, united by the narrow strips 0, of paper and gntta-percha prepared as aforesaid.

In Fig. 3 the oval piece of material for the hat-tip lining is shown, into which is inserted a triangular section of another fabric, the edges being united by the strips 0, as aforesaid.

The hat-tip lining made in this manner is a new and useful article of manufacture.

It is to be understood that the term hat-tip lining includes linings for caps.

I claim as my invention 1. A hat-tip lining made of two or more sections of fabric united at the edges by a strip of material and fusible adhesive substance, substantially as set forth.

2. A hat-tip lining ornamented by a strip of paper affixed by fusible adhesive material, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 1st day of May, A. D.

WM. H. M. PYE. Witnesses:

Gno. T. PINCKNEY, OHAs. H. SMITH. 

